Manhattan, the Upper West Side: Residential Segregation


Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts

&

Martin Luther King Jr. High School

122 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10023

 

Even though the high schools are situated in an upper income area, both high schools have evident discrepancies. Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and Martin Luther King Jr. High School are located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The average household income (in 2015) was $93,449 from the ages 25-44.

 

Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin New York City Boroughs, 2000 and 2010

                                                                                                            2000                        2010                   Change from 2000-2010 

 

Based on the census from 2000 to 2010 the population of the minorities (African Americans, Hispanics, etc.) has decreased and there has been an influx of White nonhispanic in the borough of Manhattan.

 

Based on the 2015 NYC Health Department

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